Isaiah 40:25

“To whom then will you compare me, whom do I resemble?” says the Holy One. 1

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In The King James Version

To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.

In Context

24They are barely planted, barely sown, their stem has barely taken root in the earth, 1 when he blows upon them and they wither, and the wind carries them away like straw. 1

26Look up at the sky! Who has created all these stars? 1 He leads out their formations and calls them all by name. 1 By the greatness of his might and by the strength of his power, not one is missing. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:15So take great heed to yourselves—for you saw no kind of form on the day that Yahweh spoke to you at Horeb out of the middle of the fire—

Deuteronomy 5:8You will not make for yourself a carved figure nor any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water below.

Psalms 89:7He is a God who is greatly honored in the council of the holy ones 1 and is awesome among all who surround him. 1

Isaiah 46:5To whom will you compare me? Who do you think I resemble, so that we may be compared? 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 40:19-27

Vanity of Idols. ( b. c. 708.) 18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? 19 The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. 20 He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved. 21 Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from… Read the whole commentary →

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